Mahto

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Mahto

This section has been extracted from THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. By H.H. RISLEY, INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. Ethnographic Glossary. CALCUTTA: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. .

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(i) A village headman; (ii) a title applied in Behar to Kurmis who by age or by personal influence have attained a leading position in their villages. In some parts of the country the title is used as almost synonymous with Kurmi; and a Kurmi, when asked to what caste he belongs, will reply" Mahto;" (iii) a title of the following castes :¬Dhanuks, Dosadhs, Goria Goalas, Koiris, Sunris; the Bhojpuria and Ayodhia sub-castes of Nunias in Behar; also Tharus; the Bediyas, Mahilis, Nageswars, and Kharwars in Chota Nagpur; Cheros aDd the Malwe Rajputs in Chota Nagpur; Tantis, Kewats, Binds and Dhobis in Behar.